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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Dell Software Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michel Albert Brisebois, Renfrew, CA;

Curtis T. Johnstone, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Quest Software Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes receiving a request to authenticate a user of an enterprise computing system. The method further includes, responsive to the request, selecting a set of previous user-initiated events of the user on the enterprise computing platform. Further, the method includes accessing user-specific event information related to the selected set of previous user-initiated events. In addition, the method includes generating, from at least a portion of the user-specific event information, a user-specific authentication sequence comprising a plurality of event-information requests. Additionally, the method includes administering the user-specific authentication sequence to the user, the administering comprising requiring the user to provide a valid response to each of the event-information requests as a precondition to successful authentication.


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